The power of literature lies in its ability to disturb, to question, to undermine what is taken for granted.
Dictatorships breed fear, fear breeds silence, silence breeds oppression.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being excited about what could go right.
Every great novel is a journey into the unknown, both for the writer and the reader.